Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.

A friendship with a woman is not a sin. (It's) a friendship. A romantic relationship with a woman who is not your wife, that is a sin.

Terrorism is everywhere. You think of the tribal terrorism of some African countries.

We cannot give up in the face of evil. God is Love and he has defeated evil through Christ’s death and resurrection.

We ask for peace and freedom for the many men and women subject to old and new forms of enslavement on the part of criminal individuals and groups.

And with a little sense of humor we can say that there are Christian bats who prefer the shadows to the light of the presence of the Lord.

I would like especially to mention you, the women, wives and mothers of Paraguay, who at great cost and sacrifice were able to lift up a country defeated, devastated and laid low by an abominable war. God bless your perseverance, God bless and encourage your faith, God bless the women of Paraguay, the most glorious women of America.